Blur Test

When I'm not designing I'm helping other designers on our team. This is a simple blur test I did as part of a conversation with another designer about the visual hierarchy of this UI.

If you're not familiar, blurring a UI like this allows you to see the design in the abstract which makes things like visual hierarchy easier to pick out.

It's actually best to design without color first and conduct the blur test prior to adding color. If your visual hierarchy isn't strong with just contrast before color then you should keep working on it before moving forward.